Tire-carrier bracket.



T. I. DUFFY. TIRE CARRIER BRACKET. APPLIOATIONTILBD we. 24, 1912.V

1,092,566. v PatentedP Apr. 7,19%

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l Acitizen of the United States, and a resident UNTITEDsrArEs-'Parnnr om@ a THOMAS I. DUFFY, or

OHIQAGO, ILLINOIS, lnssernoia To E. o. sALns oo., oF CHICAGO,- ILLINOIs, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS. i y

TIRE-CARRIER BRACKET. i

Tojall whom it may concern Be it known that I,`THoMAs I. DUrrY, a

of Chicago, in the county of Cook andlState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Carrier Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear, full,-"and exact description.

thereof,`-reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tol the characters of reference marked thereon,'. which form part of this specification. i

Thisinvention relates to improved means for supporting tire 4carriers on motor vehicles and refers more specifically to novel devicesin the. nature of brackets for supporting a tire carrier or support from the rear end of the vehicle. The said brackets or supporting devices are also arranged so as to provide means for carrying a tail lamp and license sign.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and niore particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial side elevation, with the rear axle shown in section, of a motor vvehicle equipped with a tire carrier provided with my improved means for supporting the same from the vehicle. Fig. 2 is a partial plan and partial sectional view of one vforni of combined carrier supporting bracket andspring clip tie, showing the manner of attaching the same to the rear spring of the vehicle. Fig. 3 isa plan view of'a modified form of combined carrier supporting bracket and'spring clip `tie. Fig.A 4

is a sectional detail illustrating the manner of mounting a lamp and license sign bracket on the tire carrier bracket. Fig. 5 is a detail showing a slightlydifierent arrangement of 4suppoiiting the tire carrier 'and lamp bracket from the tire carrier supporting bracket.

My improved tire carrier supporting and attaching bracket is shown vin Fig. 1 as applied to a motor vehicle having three-quarter rear elliptical springs, the lower members 10 of which are suitably clipped to the rear axle 11 of the vehicle, andthe upper members 12 of which are attached to the frame bars 13 at the rear end of the'body of the vehicle by a clip device hereinafter to be described. The tire carrier 14 maybe of any preferred type to receive and support a spare tirex or.

Spare wheel.. A type of such carrier is Specification of Letters Patent.

shown in my co-pending application for iiledJune 1.9, 1912, of which this application 1s a contmuation as to structures common therein.

` 'I he carrier 14 is shown'as provided with iittlngs 20, 20 attached to the carrier near the ends of the latter, and provided with laterally directed hollow lugs 21 which are interiorly tapered to fit over tapered pins or studs 22 that are driven into openings in the rear end of brackets 23, 23, suitably supported on thevehicle. The said fittings 21 are confined on said ltapered pins or studs by screw bolts 24, 24 screw-threaded intc axial openings in the tapered pins or studs 22. The said brackets, as herein shown, con-- stitute, in addition to their function as tire carrier supporting brackets, spring clip ties 2G which are fitted to the upper sides of the upper members 12 of the three-quarter elliptical springs, a'nd are clamped to the frame members 13 of the car body by the clamping bolts 29 `whichextend through lateral lugs 28 of said ties andl through ianged fittings 30 attached to the frame of 'the car body.

spond ttol the usual spring or axle clips the side members of which comprising, asherein shown, the bolts 29, are tied together by the members 2.6. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the said brackets 23 extend upwardly and rearwardly from .the clip tieA ortions 26 thereof and terminate in the re uced tapered portions or studs 22 over which the lugs-,21 of theV ttings 20 of the tire carrier engage.

adapted to a form of motor vehicle having a short body, and extend sharply upwar ly i Patented Apr. 7, 1914. Application filed August 2,4, 1912. Serial No. 716,905,

p U. S. Letters Patent, lSerial No.' .704,629,

`so The flanged fittings .30 and bolts 29 corre` The Abrackets 23 shown in Figs. 1 and 2, are' from their clip tie portions 2G and thence rearwardly. A In Fig. 3 1s shown a tie portion 33 and the integral rearwardly? extending bracket portion 34 which Vis lre-v duced and tapered at its rear end 35 to engage the tire Carrier fittings 20. The form of combined bracket and 4spring clip tie,

shown in Fig. 3 is designedfor motor v ehicles having long or overhanging tonneau bodieajEither or both of the combined best in Figs. 1 and 2, adapted to receive the 95 combined clip tie andcarriersupportlng bracket comprising the screwithreaded ends ,of fender irons 38 to support `the rear ends of fenders 40, as shown in Fig. 1.

The tirecarri'er bracket may be arranged 4to carry a tail lamp or combined tail lamp. and license sign bracket, such as is shown in .Figs 1 and 4, it being attached to the .car' rier bracket by the screw bolt 24, as shownv in Fig. 1. "Said tail lam bracket comprises, in addition to its attaching member that isapertured to receive the screw bolt 24, an upstanding lug 62to which the tail lamp or lamp and license sign is adapted' to be directly attach'ed. The said lamp land license sign bracket constitutes, in itself, no part of the present invention, butv constitutes the 'o subject matter'of an application filed by me of even date herewith, Serial No. 716,904.'

Instead of yextending the socket -ofl vthe bracket rearwardly to receive the tire carrier attaching stud, I may provide the bracket 68, shown in Fig. 5, with the head GQhaving a vertically arranged socket to receive the'stud 72 which extends upwardly therefrom and over which is Aengaged the v.lugs-7() of the tire carrier 71. The 'said stud "72 -is herein shown-as tapered toward both' 4'ends from its dent/er and is provided at its upper' andy lower ends with nuts 73, 74 screw- .thre'aded to th ends of Sai-id stud.l Inthis construction th-Weightof the' tire carrier is supported more directly yon the bracket 68. When lampv .or lamp and license sign bracketg75 is-to be attached to and carried by theltirbracket, it may be fitted Aover the upper end of the stud 72 and confined there- I 'on'by the nuft`74, .as shown. in said Fig. 5'.

.40 c 1 racket, oneend of which is' shaped -to con- I claim .as my invention -"I1,HThe"combinationwith a tire carrier'v uipped with 'an attaching fitting, of la ls 'tute a spring-clip tie l adapted to be clamped upon the rear spring of the vehi'cle'and means for fastening the said fitting' to the other-end of said bracket'.

. j 2li-The combination with a tire carrier I equipped with attaching ittings, of v members comprisingclip tie piortionsadapted to be itted to the-springs of a vehicle and in- '-tegral, rearwardlyextending bracket portionsandv means whereby said fittings "arel.attached lto and carried by said bracket portions.

4equipped with an attaching fitting, o'f a August, 1913;

bracket, one end of which is shaped to constitute "a spring clip vtie ada ted to -be clamped upon the rear spring o the lvehicle.

'and means for fastening thejsaidittingto the other endjof said bracket,fsadbracket being provided'at lthe cliptie p'ortionwith a.

4. A bracket-'for supportingl a' tire carrierA .upon a vehicle, saidrbra'cket being Banged at rler bracket comprising a clip tie portion adapted to be fitted overand clipped to a vehicle spring, and vanintegral rearwardly extending portion Ahaving means at its'end to support a tire carrier, said'clip tie por-4 tion being provided with a lateral lug l adapted to receive a fenderiron tol thereby sup` port a'portion of the -vehicle enderf" 6. A combined spring clip Itie and .tire

y 'carrier bracket comprising 'a cliptie portion adapted to-be fitted over and clipped to al vehicle spring, an integral, rearwardlyV enfv tending portion, provided with a socket and astudtted in 'said socket to receive and support a tire carrier.

A lcombined spring cl-ip'tie and tire carrier bracket; comprising a clip 'tie'portionr adapted. to befittedfover and j clippedto a vehicle-spring, an integral, l,rearwardly ex-v I' tending portion, provided with a socket and a. stud fitted in the socket, combined with a hollow 'carrier bracket ittedover sa/id stud and means for confiningsaidbracket on said stud. v l

. 8.` A tire carrier supporting bracket coinprising l a part adapted tobe fastenedt'o a vehicle, a rearwardly extending.portion hav..- ing a stud, 4and screw-threaded'means engagingsaid stud to fasten' a tire carrier thereto..4 i 1 n A In witness whereof I claim .theiregoing' as my invention- I laina: my 'signaturhfin the presence oftwo witnesses, this 20w day of,

. THOMAS 1 .Dnrrr. VVitnesses-z 1.

' G. E. DQWLE,

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